The Government has been called on to speed up plans to build new Hawk jets for the Red Arrows.

It comes after BAE Systems announced it would be making 2,000 redundancies across the country - including at the plant in Hull that makes the Hawk jet training aircraft used by the world-famous Red Arrows RAF display team.

The jets used by the Red Arrows are due to be retired from service in 2020, and to date, no replacements have been ordered by the Ministry of Defence.

The factory in Hull makes the Hawk aircraft and risks losing the skilled jobs needed to build Hawk jets if new orders are not placed.

They are the same jets used by the world-famous Red Arrows (Image: Sam Whitfield)

The campaign is being led by Diana Johnson MP and Emma Hardy MP, and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Labour MP Luke Pollard has added his support to bring forward orders for new Red Arrows planes to secure the display team’s planes for the future and safeguard jobs.